The…erm…Date

TOGETHER

"Sooo, where are we going?"

"Pudifoots." James grunted and Lily shrieked with laughter.

"You're taking me to that silly little teashop?"

"Yeah…" He was blushing red enough to beat Lily's hair.

"Can't we go to…well, I don't care, just not Mushy-land." She spotted a café, "What about there?"

"Yeah…sure."

"OH GOD! I was joking, to Pudifoots silly teashop!" And for the first time ever, she smiled at him, a true, genuine smile, and he stood there shocked as this new openness. "You coming?"

***

"Oh good, no silly little cherubs with confetti now."

"Cherubs."

"Well, when I came here with that Ravenclaw chaser, the whole place was full of cherubs throwing around little bits of heart shaped confetti, they seemed to be static too, they took forever to get off my robes."

"What's static?"

"Oh…um…do you know what electricity is?"

"No, is that a muggle thing? 'Cause I never took muggle studies."

"Ahhh, this is going to be hard…electricity is like…muggle magic, their lives pretty much run around it. It's in cars and pretty much everything…Coffee please…and then there's static electricity, pretty much, it makes things stick to other things without hooks, glue or tape and wears off after a while."

"I still don't really get it."

"I'll show you later then. Wanna share a big bit of cake?"

***

"Urrrrr. I'm full." After sitting in the teashop and talking for 2 hours about everything and everything…Lily had become much less hostile to James and started liking him even more.

"Maybe we should try to walk off all this extra sugar."

"You expect me to stand up after all that!"

"Yes, Prongs, get up you great lump!" she giggled as he stood up and burped.

"You're right, if I don't move my broom won't be able to get off the ground, at least not with me on it." Lily rolled her eyes, he was talking about quidditch again, "Right, right, quidditch…annoys you right?" she nodded, "Good, just making sure I used the right topic."

***

"What on earth are you doing?"

"Trying to…unbar…this…window." James told her between attempts to pull off the pieces of wood, "Moony…would kill…me if…he saw me…trying…this…Nup, can't do it."

"Why would you want to?"

"I've been in there before and there's something I thought my mother would like. But obviously the nails have been magically enhanced."

"Did you even try your wand?"

"Yeah, I'm not that thick."

"Well I know that you're a crazy thief. Why do you want to give your mother something from a haunted house?"

"Because I'm strange. Anyway, it's a no go, lets go have a drink at Three Broomsticks."

"Yes thank-you, it's getting quite cold. Actually it's freezing." She made the mistake of loooking onto James eyes, and was mesmerised. Before she knew it, he was kissing her, but she didn't care. He slowly pulled away.

"Warmer now?"

***

"James, you are an Idiot…but I s'pose I'll have to live with that won't I?"

"You'll get over it eventually." He had put his arm around her waist as they walked to the township. Until he heard a bark-like laugh behind him.

"So, you finally won her over, James!" Sirius came over and clapped his blushing friend.

"He didn't 'win me over'."

"What're you doing letting him put his arm around you then?"

"Because I won me over. Sorry, Padfoot, but I'm one of those girls who think for themselves."

"Lily…"

"Woah, woah, woah…how's she know…?"

"I can't believe you guys haven't figured out that the whole house knows."

"The whole house?"

"Well it's not like you're that quiet about your nicknames, and it only takes half a brain to figure it out, Puppy." Sirius gaped at her open mouthed, then turned to look at James.

"What about…" But James just shook his head.

"Stop interrogating her will you?"

"And don't worry, no-one has figured out 'Moony', unless he's a…" Then suddenly her eyes widened as she put all the pieces together…, "Lupin's a…a werewolf?"

"Oh shit."

"Oh my god…how could I not…ohh my god."

"He's not dangerous…they…Dumbledore…look, Lily, the shrieking shack isn't haunted…there's a secret passage under the Whomping Willow to the Shack, and they take Moony there every month…so, you're not…in danger or anything…" James explained

"Who said I thought I was you great prat? I like Remus, there's nothing wrong with him, it's not his fault he got bitten."

"You are the most confusing girl I've ever met, Evans." And he kissed her.